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At noon we went to the Coenraads for "nasi goreng'', a wonderful 
fried rice, with all sorts of things to pile on top of it, like 
peanuts, fried onions, cucumbers both boiled and raw, coconut balls, 
chutney, red pepper, curried chicken. With the nasi goreng we had 
sati, shrimps and chicken broiled on a skewer. 
March 29 
Took both the little tigers for a walk in the morning, and then 
put them into a big cage together. Harry chewed on Harriet's err, 
but there was no great sign of friendliness between them. 
About two o'clock the Brownes dropped in, and we took both the 
little cats out to play again. Harriet showed symptoms of weakness, 
and we separated the tigers again. Later in the afternoon tkm we 
began dosing the little fem-le with bismuth and opium, but she was in 
such feeble condition that we realized there was little hope for her 
and she died sometime during the night. '• 
March ?0 - 
r ith all sorts of farewell advice for Davis and Jennier, and 
much mutual wishing te» good luck, Bill and I left camp about ten 
o'clock, and started off in a car for Medan. Most of the way is 
through rubber plantations, and rather monotonous, but there were 
a few short stretches of forest, and three different times we saw 
monkeys, beside the road or running right across in front of our 
automobile. They were the common rhesus of Sumatra. 
Back at the DeBoer Hotel, we were a little disappointed to find 
that our steamer was going to be a day late in sailing. Me--' an is 
terrifically hot, and we would rather have stayed in Siantar until 
the last possible moment. 
In the evening we went out to the Brownes' for drinks, and had 
a pleasant visit with them. 
March ?1 - 
Bill spent the morning buzzing around from the Consulate to 
the Bank to the K. P. M. office. They are giving us holidav urates 
to the Moluccas, which is really very decent of them. The Coenraads 
arrived during the morning, and we all had lunch together. Late 
in the afternoon we did a little last-minute shopping, and at eight 
we all went to the Brownes' for dinner. Mrs. Browne is a Baltimore 
girl, and has taught her Javanese cook to make chicken a Is Maryland, 
and we all enjoyed having a real American meal, from cream of tomato 
soup to apple dumpling. 
April 1 - , - ~ > 
We were up before sunrise, and left Me dan at seven bound for 
Belawan. We h?& a bad ten minutes when the car broke down, but it 
was just the cable to the battery, and after that had been nailed 
together (literally) we went merrily on, and reached the pier in 
plenty oi time. It was like meeting an old friend to be on the 
Plancius again, and we headed for Singapore shortly after eight 
o clock. 
